Placebo response in randomized controlled trials of antidepressants for pediatric major depressive disorder

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-49

  Bridge, Jeffrey A ^a   Birmaher, Boris ^b   Iyengar, Satish ^b   Barbe, Rémy P ^b   Brent, David A ^b  

^a THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; MIRTAZAPINE; NEFAZODONE; PAROXETINE; PLACEBO; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PLACEBO EFFECT; PUBLICATION BIAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59749096824     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08020247     Document Type: Article

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